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NEWCASTLE TOWN 0 TRAFFORD 2

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 February 2025

DIV 1 WEST
By Bryan Martin

■TRAFFORD edged past Newcastle Town and continued to help their play-off charge with a fine Rio Clegg double.
The North, now sitting two points off Stalybridge in the final play-off spot, opened the scoring just before the interval in this scrappy game.
The dangerous Clegg did excellently to seize upon a loose ball in the 42nd minute, before lofting a fine effort over home keeper Joseph Slinn with aplomb.
Clegg’s second goal arrived in the game’s dying embers. After being brought down in the box in the 87th minute, the prolific front...

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